Seat cover



Dec. 8, 1931. w, FRY 1,835,769

S EAT COVER Filed Dec. 5, 1927 Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQQ WALTER L. FRY, or soAnsnALE, NEW YORK; ssieNoR, BY MESNE ASSIGN ENTS, To WIL-FRY CORPORATION, on EW YORK, Y., A, oonroRArIoN or DELAWARE.

SEAT oovn'n Application filed December 5,1927, Serial No. 237,602,

the seat portion and will lie without wrinkling and make a smooth handsome cover for the seat. This particular invention is especially adapted to the type of seat having the front and back portion of the back rest exposed and it can be used to especial advantage on folding seats such are are used in motor cars between the front and back seats of the car. The seat cover is not, however, confined to this particular use and is suited for any seat having the back rest with both front and rear exposed.

My invention is also intended to produce a cover in which the back portion which covers the back rest will extend beneath the back rest and connect with the seat cover so that the back rest will have a proper cover on the back side, and this will serve to tension and hold in place the seat cover proper and resist the tendency of this part of the cover to work forward and to become wrinkled.

My invention also contemplates having the 1 front part of the cover for the back rest connected over the topof the back rest of the back part'of this cover and this back portion will therefore have a tendency to prevent displacement of the front part and to prevent the front part of the back rest cover from working down and being displaced.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I have the front cover part of the back rest connected to the back cover part of said back rest, as above described, and have the lower part of theoback rest cover back connected to the seat cover so that in such case the back cover portion of the back rest serves as a tension and regulating element connecting the front cover part of the back rest and the seat cover, and thus the said back part of the cover lying behind the back rest will resist the tendency of the front part of the back rest cover to work down and become distorted, and alsowill resist the tendency of the seat cover to likewise become displaced.

1 I also prefer to connect thefront and backportions of the backrest cover at the edges soas to form a casing or slip open at the bottom, which-can he slipped on over the back rest and thus will completely envelope said back rest and make a very handsome cover. This arrangement does not preclude the above described connections between the several parts of the cover but rather makes such connections easier to carry out, all of which will be better understood fromthe description which follows: I

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view'showing the application of my improved slip cover to the folding seat of a motor car;

' Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the cover showing its application with the seat parts illustrated by dotted lines;

"Figure 3 isa broken'enlarged detail showing oneimeans of connecting the back part ofthe cover: to the seat cover proper;

Figure 4 is a detailillustrating a means ofdfastening the front edge ofthe seat cover;

Figure 5 is'a cross section on the line 5-5..

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The cover has one portion 10 of'flexible and suitable material which is adapted to lie over and cover thefront of a backrest of the seat asillustrated in Figures Land 2,

and it connects overthe top "of theback rest as shown at 11 with a back section or portion l2' which lies upon theback of the back rest and is long enough at its lower edge to extend beneath it'as shown-at 1'2,wl 1'ere" it' is connected by stitching 13 'or other suitable connections, with the seat cover 13 which lies upon and covers the seat proper. Obviously the parts 10, 11, 12 and 13 might be in" one piece but it is more convenient to have them in connected pieces as it prevents using one exceedingly long strip of goods.

As a 'matterof convenience and to make side strips 14, as illustrated in Figure 5, but

it will be understood that the edges of the I provide a keeper or-hem'15 which carries a weight 16, which can be in the form of readily insertable or removable bar.

The part or member 13Vis wideenough to s 15 cover the seat proper and long enough to eX- tend; over the front edge of the seat. where it can-be confined in; any convenient; way. I

haye-showna preferred: meansof attachment i which at thefrent: lower corners this; meme ber-il3 ieproyided withvtabs, 17 having eyelets l gxthereimthroughi which fastening elements like. flexible cords 19 are passed, and these? C kHbQ fastened around some convenient and accessible part: of the machine, for example, .5v i -Figure 1 I; have shown these members 19 tied to the hinge IegQO; of; the seat,- but, obvi- Qusly, this. fastening 0f" the fb-ITOILt: edge will depend on the various seat; constructions. and it can be fastened in, other ways without affeeting the. invention,

Enom; thepforegoi ng descriptions will be seen that thecovereanl be very easily applied IF-removed. The casingformed; of the parts 0:, 1:, l2 nd 14 is pulled; on over the back 3i rest of the; seat, the member 13 is extended beneath thebackrrest and, OYQI. the jseatproper and the front; edges secured as; described, all; of which can-:be doneeasily and qauicklymnd; all par-tso-f the cover lie smooth: and, be- 44). cause; of; the connection between the. parts already carefully described, the embodied parts 1.0, 12 .and 1;3.are-not likely to be. disturbed.

claim-1 v 45; 1. A seat cover comprising a casingopen at-thebottomand shaped. tofit overthe back restef a; seat, and a cover for the seatproper cozonziected tothe lowerback' portion of the aforesaid; casing and adapted to extend b6? ne ithihfifibaqkrest and; lie over the seatpor-= tion of aaseat, 7 v 2; A; seat-cover comprising a casingshaped tecevelr-andi envelope the; back rest of-aseat,

and acoyer-for'the seat proper connected be--- neath the back; rest totheback part: only of ai casing-1V Inr estimeny whereof, I have signed; my names to, this: specification this 1st: day; of

December,. 1927 v a WALTER. L. FRY. 

